Chat took too long to get ready

[Mehremaad]

Type: Bug

Chat took too long to get ready

Extension version: 0.37.2026012902
VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.109.0-insider (aca1a97, 2026-01-29T17:30:18.331Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22000
Modes:

GitHub Copilot Chat Output (Window)

2026-01-30 06:49:54.393 [info] [Window] Started local extension host with pid 20212.
2026-01-30 06:49:55.730 [info] [Window] MCP Registry configured: https://api.mcp.github.com
2026-01-30 06:49:56.082 [info] [Window] Settings Sync: Account status changed from uninitialized to unavailable
2026-01-30 06:49:56.209 [info] [Cloud Changes] Prompting to enable cloud changes, has application previously launched from Continue On flow: false
2026-01-30 06:49:57.531 [error] [Window] CodeExpectedError: No default agent registered
    at _gt.activateDefaultAgent (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/dell/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code%20Insiders/aca1a9779f/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:2462:21110)
2026-01-30 06:49:58.908 [info] [Window] [perf] Render performance baseline is 108ms
2026-01-30 06:50:56.875 [error] [Window] CodeExpectedError: No default agent registered
    at _gt.activateDefaultAgent (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/dell/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code%20Insiders/aca1a9779f/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:2462:21110)
    at async GH.O (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/dell/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code%20Insiders/aca1a9779f/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:2525:3756)
    at async Promise.allSettled (index 0)
    at async GH.J (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/dell/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code%20Insiders/aca1a9779f/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:2525:2179)
    at async GH.I (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/dell/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code%20Insiders/aca1a9779f/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:2525:1641)
    at async GH.H (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/dell/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code%20Insiders/aca1a9779f/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:2525:1304)
    at async GH.G (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/dell/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code%20Insiders/aca1a9779f/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:2525:1159)
    at async w_e.invokeAgent (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/dell/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code%20Insiders/aca1a9779f/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:518:55529)
    at async vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/dell/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code%20Insiders/aca1a9779f/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:2462:29154
2026-01-30 06:51:16.815 [warning] [Window] Chat took too long to get ready. Please ensure you are signed in to GitHub and that the extension `GitHub.copilot-chat` is installed and enabled. Click restart to try again if this issue persists. {"agentActivated":true,"agentReady":false,"languageModelReady":false,"toolsModelReady":true}
2026-01-30 06:51:25.758 [warning] [Window] [chat setup] Output channel 'GitHub.copilot-chat.GitHub Copilot Chat.log' not found, falling back to Window output channel

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6600U CPU @ 2.60GHz (4 x 2808)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled GPU0: VENDOR= 0x8086, DEVICE=0x1916 [Intel(R) HD Graphics 520], DRIVER_VENDOR=Intel, DRIVER_VERSION=30.0.101.1338 ACTIVE GPU1: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.22000.1641 Machine model name: Machine model version: direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.61GB (4.85GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id ce56e3b5-3a4b-4a4a-9f23-64bacbc0ee94
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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